Suspenders.



PATBNTED APR, 14, 1903.

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HENRY etnNE, on NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.`

sPEoI'FIcAaIoN yformfnngpart 'of Letters Patent' No. 725,562, aatedApril `1,4, 1903.

Application filed September 8, A1902.

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Be it knownthat'l, HENRY C. HINE, a citizen ofthe United States, residing, in New Britain, in the county ofl Hartford and State of Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspenders, of which the following isa specication.

This invention relates to that class of `garment-supporters commonly fdesignated as suspendersj having for one of-itsfmain ob-l i jects to providebetweenthe button ends and the shoulder-straps a connection comprising apivoted member-'havingA a ball-bearing,

thereby increasing the freedom of actionfof the supporters: i- These connections, v`commonly known vas trimmings, in order to be successfully produced are made of very thin` metal-say of about one sixty-fourth of an` At this thickness the inch in thickness. metal is easily workable. This lextremely thin metal has caused a Vgreat deal of trouble vwhen used for pivotal joints, in that it produced that knife-edgeaction atthe, joints ton ends and the shoulder-straps of a gar-L ment supporter at any. point and -is Aillus- "trated as a cast-off device in the accompanying drawings, in which--fv i y Figure l illustrates al garment-supporter with the attachment applied. Fig. 2v illus-v trates the -attachment or cast oif partlyv broken away to show its construction. Fig; 3 illustrates the disassembled components of theV attachment,- andliig.` 4 'is a vertical section taken centrally of Fig. 2. Similar characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the drawings.

The attachment herein illustrated is shown, preferably, in the form of two members A and B, each of which is provided ,with 'an annular 'Washer and thehead of said rivet.

thereof `is `formedwith means, as b, whereby One of these members-as, for instance A--is provided with a hook a and the other member B with aloop-eye @which receives the means-such, forinstance, as shown-which comprises arivet F, which passes through openingsf and ff in said'mernbers,and over depression or groove C and D, respectively.` v

but-ton` end E. These two members A and B ymaybe united togetherl by any, suitable thegstud 2 offwhich is riveted a'fwasher 3.

When the parts lare assembled, the'annular channels() an'dD'registerand forman annular ball-race.. g, 'in which playaseries of balls h, as shown in Figs.` 2, 3,1and4'. This ,attachment may formi' connectionbetween thebutton end and the shoulder-straps `in loop band also hooked toa member I, secured to the shoulderstraps'J- `The connecting plate or' chapel-is provided with an eye or slit I' for engaging the hook a. It used `as a cast-oddevicef it will be obvious .that the strap andbutton ends may be disconnected.

It willbe seen thatl` have-provided apiv- `any5suitablemanner andis" here shown as4 ,having the button-endErpassed through the oted memberV forl `forming connections bel tween' the shoulder-strapsandlthe ends which are fastened to the buttons, so as'to give free-` dom of action tothe entirfegarment-supporter construction when in fuse."-` It willl also be seen that the ball-bearings in this attachment receive all the'strain and.,.stress, so that the unusually thin sheet metal desirable in constructing these attachments may be used with perfect freedom and-without the fear of the parts being cut away. It will'als'o'be noted that the two sheet-metal members A and B are pivoted together by'means of a single set of bearing-balls h, eachof said members having a struck-up groove and the balls running in the grooves, means being provided for holding said members and 'saidfballs'V inzco'perative relation, said holdingrmeans preferably comprisinga central rivet F, provided at. `one end with the usual `head and atthe other'end having a shoulder.v 4, la Vwasher',as 3,-being riveted against said shoulder and the members A and B beingconfined between said It will also be seen that one vof the members Aand B is-formed with a hook, `as a, and the otherv IOO it may be connected to a strap or the like, and that the member A is provided with one part of a cast-off device and the member I with a complemental portion of said cast-off device, said part I being connected to a shoulderstrap.

Variations and modifications of construction may be resorted to within the scope of this invention, especially those which involve the employment of ball-bearings.

Having described my invention, I claiml. A garment-supporter comprising shoulder-straps, a 'rear suspender-end connected thereto, and suspender-ends connected to the front ends of said straps; the connection of each of said straps with its front suspenderend being effected by two sheet-metal members each of which is provided with a single annular groove, said sheet-metal members in each set being connected centrally of said grooves, so that the'latter form a single ballrace, and a single set of balls operating in each race; one of said sheet-metal members in each set having means for attachment to its shoulder-strap, and the' companion sheetmetal members being formed with means for attachment to a suspender-end.

2. In agarmentsupporter, a cast-off device comprising an eye member and a hook member, a strap being connected to one of said members, and the other of said members being made of sheet metal and being provided with an annular groove, and a sheet-metal member having a companion groove and being formed with means for attachment to a strap, said sh'eet-metal members being pivotally connected centrally of said grooves, so that the latter form a ball-race, balls operating in said race, and straps connected to said eye member and to the second mentioned slieetmietal member.

3. Ina garmentsapporter, a cast-oit device comprising three mem bers,whereof one is provided with a strap and also with a portion of a cast-oil' device and the remaining two are made of sheet metal and each provided with an ann nlargroove,the first of said sheet-metal members being formed with the remaining portion of said cast-off device, and the second ot' said sheet-metal members` being formed with means for attachment toa strap, said sheet-metal members being pivotally con nected centrally of said grooves so that the latter form a bali race, balls operating in said race, and a strap connected to the second sheet-metal member.

it. In a suspender ofthe class described, the combination with a pair of shoulder-straps, of a cast-ott device attached to the front ends of each of said straps, said cast-off devices each comprising a sheet-metal hook member, a suspender-end member, a ball-race formed by grooves in said hook` and suspender-end members, a set of balls working within said race, means for maintaining said members and said balls in coperative relation, and suspender-ends respectively connected to said suspender-end members.

5. In a garment-supporter, an eyepiece, a strap attached thereto, two sheet-metal members, a single set of bearing-balls, each of said members having a struck-upgroove and the balls running in the grooves, and means for holding the members and the balls in coperative relation; one of said members being formed with a hook for engaging said eye, and the other thereof beingformedv with means whereby it may be connected to a strap or the like; and a strap connected to the last-mentioned member.

(-5. A pair of Suspenders comprising two shoulder-straps provided with suitable means for connecting their rear ends to a garment, in combination with suspender-ends connected to the front ends of theshoulder-straps by means of a pair oi sheetmetal members each having a ball-groove, balls running in said grooves, and means for holding said sheet-metal members and said' balls in coperative relation; one of said sheet-metal mem bers in each of said button ends beingpro vided with a portion of a cast-oil member, and the remaining portions ot' the cast-off members being carried upon the shoulder-straps. 7. A trimming for a garmentsupporter, comprising two sheet/m etal mem bers pivoted together by means of a single set of bearingballs, each of said members having a single strucleup groove, and the balls running in, the grooves, and means being provided for holding the members and the balls in coperative relation; one of said members being formed with a hook., and the other there-ol being formed with means whereby it maybe connected to a strap or the like; said trimming also comprising a sheet-metal member which has an eye for engagement with said hook, and which also has means whereby it maybe connected to a strap or the like.

8. A pair of suspender-ends, to each of which is connected a trimming comprising a sheet-meial member having formed therein a single ball-bearing groove, a sheet-metal member formed with acompanion groove and also provided with a portion of a cast-oll1` device, a set of balls running in the grooves, means for holding said sheetmetal members in cooperative relation with said balls, a member having the complemental portion of said cast-olf device; in combination with shoulder-straps to which the said complemental members are connected. y

HENRY C. IIINE. Nitnessesz F. W. lnmmcno, JOHN O. Snnrnn'r.

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